The fifth vital sign

  More and more people consider the menstrual cycle (with ovulation) to be the fifth vital sign. And it is not only about the bleeding but all the hormonal changes, the maturing of the ovum.
  The cycle is closely related to your overall health, if everything is fine with you, then everything will be OK with your cycle also and vice versa: if there is something wrong with your cycle, most of the times it indicates an underlying health issue.
   Fertility Awareness is not only about contraception or making babies. If you learn to observe the signs that your body sends every day and note them into your chart, it will give you a complete and detailed picture of your health status as well. It can happen that you don't have symptoms but your chart tells you that your thyroid function is low and that is why you are unable to conceive. But this is only one of many examples.
   Fertility Awareness is very useful at any age and any state of life, after all who wouldn't want to avoid going to the doctor?
   Learning this method will give you such knowledge that you will gain control over your own body and confidently make decisions about it. For example you will not freak out and run to the pharmacy for anti-fungus medicines when you go to your gynecologist in your fertile time and s/he says "Unfortunately you have some flow", mistaking your cervical mucus to be a vaginal discharge caused by infection. You will just smile, thank her/him and throw the prescription into the first dustbin. (This is not only my experience, unfortunately most of the doctors are not aware of the things that you can learn here, it is not being taught in college or university.)

   So get an appointment, learn how your body works and gain confidence in your decision making. 😉